Art Up PhinneyWood Art Walk – Jan 12 from 6 – 9 pm

Gudmundur or Gummi as most people know him, is a local photographer that has called Seattle home for the last 21 years. Originally from Iceland. He started in photography in high school, and the passion for photography has state with him ever since. After a career in technical world, Gummi further pursues a career in video design and production.

In 2010, he and his wife moved oversea to Shanghai, China. The two years oversea experiences had provided wonderful opportunities and experiences for Gummi to explore the unique culture, people and life through his lens. Upon their return to Seattle, Gummi continues to work as an independent videographer and photographer. His work can be seen through varies of media.

Jennifer Baker is a Natur Hexe and purveyor of die Unheimliche. Formally trained as an oil painter, she currently utilizes a deliberately feminine hand to manipulate cut paper, gouache, and graphite. With a respectful nod to female Dadas and Surrealists, a pinch of Bavarian folklore, and a deep love for the surrounding Olympic and Cascade Mountains, Baker creates intricate compositions that layer
themes of mythology, memory, and magic.

A fourth generation Pennsylvanian, Baker studied at Tyler School of Art (Philadelphia, PA) and the Aristides Atelier (Seattle, WA). Her work has appeared in The Free Witch Quarterly, Lessons in Classical Painting, Lessons in Classical Drawing, American Artist Drawing Magazine, The Huffington Post, Unicorn Mountain, Wolfman’s Got Nards, Maximum Rock-n-Roll, and numerous underground zines.

She currently resides in beautiful Cascadia with her partner and her python familiar.

“These paintings were created over the past year as I began to notice my relationship between seeing the sky and finding peace within myself. Each of these works shows a scene or a view that has lifted my heart. That sense of relief is really the crux of this work, they are about the solace to be found in our natural surroundings, and the romance of having a beautiful refuge for a moment, to remind myself to breathe.”

Hera Won is a Seattle-based artist, specializing in freehand aerosol. Hera’s character and portrait imagery began surfacing in Seattle since 2007. Painting her characters with a combination of both realistic undertones alongside fanciful elements and bold colors, she provides her subjects with individualism and playful imagery.

“I explore the first hand experience of visual perception. My focus is the threshold between seeing and recognizing. In the experience of sight we seek out the familiar. We search for patterns. But before we recognize a thing, we are at a holding point, a place of mystery or ambiguity. I attempt to reveal that place in these images.”

Special Event: Ardor Creative Media has teamed up with Seattle ReCreative to screen family friendly local made Films for Kids to encourage our youth to get involved with local film and art! This event occurs every Second Friday during the PhinneyWood Art Walk and is absolutely free to the public.

Janelle Victoria Cordero’s expressionist portraits are distinguished by dominating contour lines and sparse watercolor highlighting. Her subjects are often disjointed and unfinished, missing a neck or a limb or a torso, which emphasizes the disconnected nature of the human condition. Her work has been featured in galleries from Washington to West Virginia, as well as published in numerous journals and anthologies. Janelle’s artistic priority is to collaborate with other creatives to push for social and political change.